But a McAlister's official said the pace of construction on the Muncie Marketplace development might push the restaurant's opening back until early 2015

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Apr. 8, 2014

McAlister's Deli

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The developer bringing McAlister's Deli to Muncie says the pace of commercial construction surrounding it on McGalliard Road will help determine when the restaurant is open for business.

McAlister's could open as early as this fall, said restaurant developer Charlie Hensley. But if the construction of the overall Muncie Marketplace development is slower, McAlister's might wait until early spring 2015 to open.

"They've started work on the bigger building for Dick's (Sporting Goods) and the others," Hensley, of Indianapolis-based McAlister's franchise partner McIndy Ventures, ...